The PNP

I've already forgotten what PNP stands for...

Okay, here are the instructions for posting your very own blog entries, complete with pictures.

By now, you should have received an email invitation to come join the blog as an author. If you didn't, please email me and I'll make sure you get one. The email will have a link to click to accept the invitation. It will take you to a Google account page and ask you to sign in. If you have a Google account (for example a gmail account), use that name and password. If you don't, follow the links to set up a free Google account. All you need is a valid email address - it's just checking that a real human being is logging on, not some spam computer program.

That's it! Now you are an author of the blog. There are two ways to post a new message to the blog:
(1) go to www.blogger.com, and log in.
(2) go to www.BHSgirls20yearslater.blogspot.com, and click "sign in" in the upper right corner. Log in.

You will now be at the "dashboard" page, where you will see a list of the blogs you have joined (if you belong to more than one). Under "20 years later", click "new post". Now you will be at a page with a title box, and a text box.

First, give your post a title.
Next, start typing! At the top of the text box are icons and buttons that let you change the font, change the color, type really big,or really small. Got it? You can basically edit the text like you would in any application.

Want to add a picture? See the little blue and green icon inbetween the spellcheck and the eraser? Click it. A window will open and offer you two ways to upload a picture.

(1) upload directly to Blogger. Use the "browse" button to upload a copy of a photo from your hard drive to Blogger. We get 1024 MB of free photo space, which works out to (about) 1000 photos. As we fill up that space, the blog will load more slowly, but unless someone is using a dialup connection, shouldn't be too big a problem.

(2) upload from another site. If you have your photos on a server site like Photobucket or Flickr, click this button. Open your photo account, and copy the URL for the picture you want. Then, paste it into the space on the Blogger photoupload window. If you have a photo account, please consider using it for your photos to save space for those who don't. If you have no idea what I'm talking about and don't want to know, just follow step 1 above.

After the photo is uploaded, Blogger will insert it at the top of your post - you can click and drag, or cut and paste it to wherever you want in your text.

All done? Then click "publish post" - the orange button just underneath the text window. That's it!

Please feel free to email me (slcastro_at_hotmail_dot_com) -replace the _at_ with @ and the _dot_ with . or call me 440-250-0336 if you need help (or just want to chat!). Best time to reach me on the phone is between about 7 and 10 pm, Eastern time, or on the weekends.

I hope you will all find this a convenient way to keep in touch and show off our beautiful families!

Best to you all -
Stephanie (and Mike, and Audrey)